High Mountain Meadow Poetry Series In-Person
The group features two poets and includes an Open Mic. Hosted by Paul Nash & Denise LaNeve, representing the North Jersey Literary Community and the Poets of the Palisades. This event is free and all are welcome!
Barbara D. Hall: Retired from a career specializing in Food & Drug Law, Barbara discovered creative writing when her brother suffered a stroke. They co-authored four books, three fiction and one non-fiction, published after his passing. She has written and published four children's books, four anthologies, three memoirs, two chapbooks and more for colleagues and friends. She weaves her love of nature into award winning prose, poetry, photography and artwork which appear in various events, anthologies and publications. For more information, visit her website: www.ournaturematters.net
Elizabeth Levine, , M.F.A., M.P.H., M.A. is a graduate of the William Paterson University Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. She has taught as Adjunct Faculty in the English Department at WPU since 2013 and writes bilingual poetry, non-fiction and fiction.
Her first anthology of poems is The Ribbon Around the Bomb (finishing line press at www.finishinglinepress.com). She has also written three other chapbooks, Ranting, Savage and God Doesn’t Live at Our House Anymore. Her novel, What Remains, is currently being adapted as a play under the title “And She Was There.” Chapter 8 of her novel, “Powerless” was selected as the first New Jersey Selected Shorts by the New Jersey Playwrights (performed at William Paterson University). Chapter 10, “Most recently, Chapter 3 of her novel, “Gay Geography” will be published by MAPLiterary, William Paterson University’s online literary journal.
- Date:
- Sunday, September 8, 2024 Show more dates
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 4:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Room A/B
- Audience:
- Adults Senior Adults Teens
- Categories:
- Cultural Program
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